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15/01/2026

YouTube users have been reporting a strange problem with their playlists over the past couple of days. Private music collections are vanishing, longtime favorites lists are getting removed, and some people are even getting Community Guidelines strikes for content they didn’t upload.

https://piunikaweb.com/2026/01/15/youtube-playlists-disappearing-users-report-strikes/

15/01/2026

Some Google Pixel 10 users are seeing January 2026 OTA updates vanish

Pixel 10 January update missing? A new theory suggests 'mutating' partitions and rejected Delta packages are to blame. Here is why your OTA might be vanishing.

15/01/2026

Did HP just pull a bait and switch?

HP customers who scored what looked like solid New Year deals on OMEN gaming laptops say the company is now pulling the plug on their orders.

https://piunikaweb.com/2026/01/15/hp-omen-laptop-orders-cancelled-stacked-discounts/

15/01/2026

Many Ring users got an unwelcome surprise on January 14 when they discovered unexpected charges on their credit cards labeled “Ring AI Pro Plan.” The fees ranged from a few dollars to over $100, and nobody seemed to know why they were being billed.

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Ring customers report surprise billing charges during January 2026 subscription migration to AI Pro plan. Many say refunds don't match prorated fees charged.

15/01/2026

Some users appear to be getting the new ‘Friends’ list/tab on their profiles. However, instead of completely replacing the ‘Following’ list, it has joined the ‘Followers’ and ‘Following’ tabs. So essentially, users are seeing ‘Friends’, ‘Followers’, and ‘Following’ tabs.

Story updated: https://piunikaweb.com/2026/01/15/instagram-friends-list-replacing-following/

14/01/2026

Discord appears ready to move away from Tenor for its built-in GIF search. The platform has started testing two alternatives, Giphy and Klipy, in what looks like a response to Google’s decision to shut down the Tenor API this summer.

14/01/2026

YouTube appears to be testing a new watch page layout that’s frustrating users across the platform. Multiple reports on Reddit show that the video recommendations sidebar has suddenly switched from a single vertical column to a double-column grid, and the reception has been overwhelmingly negative.

14/01/2026

It is never a good sign when your main AI sidekick starts giving you the cold shoulder. Right now, Claude is acting up and throwing errors, leaving a massive chunk of its user base stuck without their favorite AI tool.

Social media is already a mess of complaints from folks who are hitting a brick wall and cannot get anything finished.

Claude is down for many users, with error messages popping up and reports spiking. Here’s what people are seeing and saying as work gets stalled.

14/01/2026

Business owners across multiple industries are scrambling after receiving unexpected notifications from Meta that their pages are no longer eligible to be recommended to new users. The alerts, which began appearing around January 9, typically cite vague violations of “Recommendations Guidelines” without specifying what rules were actually broken.

https://piunikaweb.com/2026/01/14/facebook-pages-lose-recommendations-no-explanation/

14/01/2026

Google Pixel 10a reportedly releasing in February as product development shifts to Vietnam

It’s been a busy 24 hours for Google leaks. Just as we are learning about a surprisingly early release date for the upcoming Pixel 10a, a significant new report details how Google is fundamentally changing how it builds phones, moving its most critical development phases out of China. Here is the ...

14/01/2026

Android 17 leak reveals optional ‘Dual Shade’ for Pixels, separate network toggles, and a forced change for Foldables

Android 17 leak reveals an optional 'Dual Shade' UI and separate Wi-Fi/Mobile Data toggles for Google Pixel phones, but makes the split view mandatory on Foldables.

14/01/2026

Instagram has been busy expanding a feature that started rolling out to US users back in December. Called “Your Algorithm,” it gives you a direct window into what Instagram thinks you’re interested in and lets you tweak those preferences without hunting through buried settings menus.

The feature is now available to English-speaking users in most countries, according to an announcement the company made on X.